Saturday, December 06, 2008

The FIrst Amendment

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Right there in italics. Right wing christian fundies, please read it. Atheists have as much of a right to shove their beliefs down our throats as you do. So rather than making a big deal about the atheist sign in Olympia, suck it up and deal with it.

Either stop putting up nativity scenes or signs telling me I'm going to hell, or live with the fact that the opposing view points have a right to be heard. It isn't the right to free speech for Christians, it is the right to free speech for all Americans.

“It is interesting that our views are so threatening that they have to be stolen and stifled completely,” -Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation

J Kuhl Signing Off

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